Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Pendle Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Oct 2023 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
56 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EJ
Received 7 Oct 2025Jet Service Station Colne Road Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5NP
Received 7 Oct 2025Moorlands Skipton Old Road Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7QG
Received 7 Oct 2025Site For Proposed Street Hub Railway Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 7 Oct 2025Site For Proposed Street Hub Railway Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 7 Oct 2025Pennystones 14 Netherheys Close Colne Lancashire BB8 9QY
Received 7 Oct 2025The Old Vicarage Church View Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SQ
Received 7 Oct 2025Blakey Hall Farm Red Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 9TD
Received 7 Oct 20257 Applegarth Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6RR
Received 7 Oct 20256 Kelswick Drive Nelson Lancashire BB9 0SZ
Received 8 Oct 2025New Laund Cottage Greenhead Lane Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB12 9DU
Received 8 Oct 2025Land To The South East Of 37 Hollin Hall Trawden Lancashire
Received 9 Oct 2025Wycoller Park Tourist Information Centre Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SU
Received 9 Oct 2025Land To The South West Of Waterside Cuckstool Lane Fence Lancashire
Received 9 Oct 2025Carr Laund Carr Hall Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QD
Received 9 Oct 2025The Parish Rooms Victoria Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6US
Received 9 Oct 2025Friends Meeting House 21 Walverden Road Brierfield Lancashire BB9 0PJ
Received 10 Oct 20252 Churchill Way Nelson Lancashire BB9 6RT
Received 10 Oct 202510 - 12 Howgill Close Nelson Lancashire BB9 0SX
Received 11 Oct 2025Nelson And Colne College Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YT
Received 13 Oct 2025Christ Church Church Of England Primary School Bent Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7AA
Received 13 Oct 2025Unit 2 Rear Of 18 Chapel House Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9DJ
Received 13 Oct 2025220 Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AU
Received 14 Oct 2025Moss Nook Farm Spenbrook Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9JQ
Received 14 Oct 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Pendle Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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